The maturation and cognitive relevance of structural brain network organization from early infancy to childhood.

ABSTRACT: The interactions of brain regions with other regions at the network level likely provide the infrastructure necessary for cognitive processes to develop. Specifically, it has been theorized that in infancy brain networks become more modular, or segregated, to support early cognitive specialization, before integration across networks increases to support the emergence of higher-order cognition. The present study examined the maturation of structural covariance networks (SCNs) derived from longitudinal cortical thickness data collected between infancy and childhood (0-6 years). We assessed modularity as a measure of network segregation and global efficiency as a measure of network integration. At the group level, we observed trajectories of increasing modularity and decreasing global efficie

SUBMITTER: Woodburn M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8372198 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature